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LIAN XI (1816-1884)
Saying Goodbye
Details
LIAN XI (1816-1884)
Saying Goodbye
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
12 x 20 ½ in. (30.5 x 52.4 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated third month, wuchen year (1868)
Titleslip inscribed, with one illegible seal
Frontispiece inscribed, with two seals
Colophons by Zhang Zhaoqin (Qing dynasty), Jin Changfu (1797-1871), Wu Qi (Qing dynasty), Huang Wenhan (Qing dynasty), Zhong Xun (Qing dynasty), Wang Su (1794-1877), Wu Xizai (1799-1870), Tang Luming (1804-1874), and Hai Yun (Qing dynasty), with a total
of twelve seals
Eight collector’s seals of Mao Guangsheng (1873-1959)
Dedicated to Xiaofan
Saying Goodbye
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
12 x 20 ½ in. (30.5 x 52.4 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated third month, wuchen year (1868)
Titleslip inscribed, with one illegible seal
Frontispiece inscribed, with two seals
Colophons by Zhang Zhaoqin (Qing dynasty), Jin Changfu (1797-1871), Wu Qi (Qing dynasty), Huang Wenhan (Qing dynasty), Zhong Xun (Qing dynasty), Wang Su (1794-1877), Wu Xizai (1799-1870), Tang Luming (1804-1874), and Hai Yun (Qing dynasty), with a total
of twelve seals
Eight collector’s seals of Mao Guangsheng (1873-1959)
Dedicated to Xiaofan
Provenance
Collection of Charles Chu (1918-2008), Connecticut, and thence by descent.